My fry....

Plastic Mac · Post by **Plastic Mac** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:38 pm

Here's most of my fry, I took them all out of the tank tonight and put them into a tank of their own. A couple escaped from my hand while putting them into the holding trap and went straight into the tank but this is the vast majority of them. I didn't bother counting them as there's another lot of 10 day old fry still in one of the caves but I removed about 40 it total, give or take 1 or 2.
Apologies for the quality on some of the pics but I really didn't want to be farting around taking pictures and stressing them out even more...

Enjoy...

Plastic Mac

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:01 pm

thats a lot of fry!!!

Lifted193 · Post by **Lifted193** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:38 pm

WOW!!!

chanettt · Post by **chanettt** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:55 pm

this type of pictures really make me feels good

i love to see a lot of frys~ it would be very nice to see them swim around in my tank.

rhino · Post by **rhino** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:25 pm

Are there any houses for sale near you? I just got the sudden urge to move to the U.K. In light of recent events, it’s great to hear a success story.

Plastic Mac · Post by **Plastic Mac** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:48 pm

Thanks everyone, the comments are much appreciated.

n00dl3 · Post by **n00dl3** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:16 pm

wow... can you wrap them up and ship it to me as an early christmas gift.

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:36 pm

I'm an auntie to soooo many beautiful fry!

Congrats Plastic man

Just love to see this kind of pictures

They are hereby Auntie McEve protected

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:29 pm

Hey PM you're doing fantastically well with the zebras!!

The fry look nice and healthy, I think you need to give me some pointers.

Keep up the excellent work.

Adam

Zoban · Post by **Zoban** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:42 pm

Gratz on the fry!!! Jealous!!

You do have my exact shipping address right ?? lol..

Plastic Mac · Post by **Plastic Mac** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:08 pm

Lol thank guys,

@McEve: McEve protection sounds excellent, is it like a Mafia protection racket...do i have to give you money each week lol?

@Adam,

Thanks for the comments but I doubt you need any pointers lol...I'm sure you're doing just fine.

thanks
Plastic Mac

alevans · Post by **alevans** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:51 pm

Nice work PM.

I know Rob is working on it but for curiosty what water parameters do you have?

Mine are:

ph 6.9
Hardness 190 ppm TDS
Ammonia and Nitrite 0 (!)
Nitrate approx 10 mg/l
Temp 30 degrees

I've got about 30 or so fry of various ages, eldest is 1 year, youngest 1 week free-swimming.
I find that their growth rate is slow when left with the colony, but rapid when isolated. Getting them out of a 500l tank is a pain!

tmh0324 · Post by **tmh0324** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:27 pm

My mouth is leaking.....

They are burning my heart......

Plastic Mac · Post by **Plastic Mac** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:38 pm

Hi Alevans,

My parameters are somewhat similar to yours, are you also using r/o?

ph6.7-6.9
Tds also varies, never lower than 280 and up to 350ppm (although the very first spawn was done with a tds of about 480ppm).
Ammonia and Nitrite - 0mg/l
Nitrate, 20mg/l as an average
Temp 29C, which I drop to about 26C to induce a spawn

I haven't had the chance to check whether the fry grow quicker when isolated but I'd certainly be interested to find out.
Lol, everyone I've spoken to seems to say getting hold of the fry isn't very difficult, ie just cup a hand over them etc etc. I find impossible to catch them with my hands and virtually impossible with a net and that's catching them in a much smaller tank than yours. I found the best way, for me, is to use a clear plastic fry trap laid on its side. By creating a triangle using the opening of the fry tap and one corner of the tank, I could coax the fry which were in the corner into the plastic fry trap and then take them into the other tank without problem.

thanks

Plastic Mac

KenW · Post by **KenW** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:12 pm

Hi Plastic Mac,

Very nice picture. The babies look very healthy. What size tank are you using?

Ken